Deuteronomy 8:13-14 (NIV) 13 And when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all you have is multiplied, 14 then your heart will become proud and you will forget the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
2 Timothy 2:4 (NIV) No one serving as a soldier gets involved in civilian affairs--he wants to please his commanding officer.
1 John 2:15 (NIV) Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
There are very few who in their hearts do not believe in God, but what they will not do is give Him exclusive right of way... They are not ready to promise full allegiance to God alone. Many a professing Christian is a stumbling-block because his worship is divided. On Sunday he worships God; on week days God has little or no place in his thoughts. — Dwight L. Moody in Weighed and Wanting.
Christianity Today, Vol. 41, no. 11.Elesha Hodge, comp., Today's Best Illustrations – Volumes 1-4, (Carol Stream, IL: Christianity Today, 1997), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, Under: "OBEDIENCE".
